It's one thing to have a substantiated opinion about a company and service, and another to troll endlessly about something you simply dislike. A recent single incident of an account mix-up at Sedo unleashed the usual trolls, who started beating the drums to the sound of "burn Sedo!" and "Sedo … [Read more...]
It’s tax season and phishing attempts are on the rise
March 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
It's tax season in the US and in several other countries and phishing scams are on the rise. Preying on unsuspected email recipients, the phishing scammers' email subjects include the names of a variety of tax or accounting-related software, such as Turbo Tax, Intuit etc. These emails ask the … [Read more...]
The culprit might be your anti-virus software
February 29, 2012 by 2 Comments
Having used PCs since the early days of the Intel 8088-based personal computer, I'm always baffled by the amount of instability in today's computer systems. I build my own computer systems and one would expect that the notorious "blue screen of death" (BSOD) would be a remnant of the past, since … [Read more...]
Sedo and Name.com: Who’s telling porkies about parking?
February 27, 2012 by 4 Comments
A few days ago I let one of my domains - Greek.in - cross its expiration date. The domain is with Name.com and I simply "ignored" the reminders on a busy week. While in the process of renewing it, I noticed that the domain was displaying a standard Sedo ad page, with the minimal, greenish text … [Read more...]
Naughty John Naughton and Thank God for graphic designers
February 19, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I still remember the early days of the commercial Internet, having graduated from college a good five years earlier. These days, information technology was restricted to local programming and games development, systems analysis and expressive computer art. Computer monitors were small, expensive, … [Read more...]
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